Format of block output (-vR option) when non-ascii chars in filename

[Swami Kevala]

Hi,

We are using tar (with --format=posix) to write data to tape. We use the -cvR option to output the block offsets while writing, which we parse and store in a database (so we can fast seek to files)

When non-ascii characters are used in the filename we observe that the characters are output in octal (escaped by a "\"). Can we rely on this assumption being correct?

Example:

command:

tar -cv -b512 -R -f sample.tar test-emoji.mxf 

stdout

block 0: test-emoji\360\237\231\217.mxf

Kind Regards

Swami Kevala

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